Directed by: Tony Maylam
So, you don't have to start telling me that you practice safe sex. I'm sure you do. The Burning is not actually a Troma movie about some std that makes you look like the guy pictured up top. Hmm. Maybe I should send an e-mail to Lloyd though, std ridden zombies ARE right up their alley.
No. The Burning is the 1981 slasher movie that followed the infamous Friday the 13th in 1980. While the storyline is nothing new, it is one of the more enjoyable summer camp turned massacre movies the 80's had to offer. This time we are at Camp Blackstone, where a deformed slasher is out to get revenge on scantly clad teenagers who remind him of the campers who burned him in the past. Like I said, nothing new here.
What makes this movie stand out are the other factors. Lets look at some of the people involved. Harvey Weinstein, who has since gone on to produce some big ass movies, produced this one. We get to enjoy a couple actors we know in some very bit parts (Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter). Best of all, Tom Savini was in charge of all of the bloody parts.
I think what really does make this movie better than some of its slasher brothers are the effects and the characters. Our characters are actually pretty likeable. They are a little more developed then the disposable campers we are used to. Maybe this is because it takes quite a bit of time for them to start dying off. We get some time to get to know them before Savini starts slaughtering them with the ol' scissors. Savini was apparently given 3 days to design our killer. Not bad sir. And that raft scene...bravo!
There's just something about summer camp isn't there? The smell of the fresh pine trees and cool mountain air! The frenzied screams of horny teens and arts and crafts! Ya...remind me why we didn't book a hotel?
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